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there is no excuse for losing to the lakers, theres 1 day break...kings would be easy walk
9-0
8-1
7-2
6-3
5-4
4-5
3-6
2-7
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers L
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento W
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago L
7-2
there is no excuse for losing to the lakers, theres 1 day break...kings would be easy walk
I think I'm the only one with a loss @kings. The LA and hornets losses show this team can be dangerous, second game of a btob I smell a loss.
8-1 Beno will be beastly.
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers W
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento L
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago W
8-1 possibly 7-2 with a loss to another ty team.
I put 9-0.
Something is very different about the Spurs approach to the regular season this year.
Right now we are 47 games in with only 7 losses. Usually 47 games in I'm thinking about all the games we should have had that would have given us a bigger cushion or help up be closer to the #1 seed.
I think the Spurs this year are playing "like" a team going for 70 wins. Obviously Pop would hate the idea of them going into the playoffs overconfident, so I strongly doubt he won't rest starters once the top seed is locked up. But I'd love to see him keep playing through the regular season so no rhythm is lost going into the first round series. It makes me hope the Lakers or anyone for that matter will stay hot on our tails for that #1 seed.
2 things the Spurs are doing different this year that leads to the awesome start. They are beating up on the bad teams. How many times have you seen our Spurs in the last few years lose to the Bucks, Pacers, Kings, etc. The focus to win every game is much better this year. Also, they are finding ways to win games in the 3rd and 4th quarter. There have been at least 10 wins this year where the Spurs definitley were not on their mark as a whole yet they found a way to get the "ugly" win.
I just hope if we have the dream season (70 wins + 5th ring) Duncan isn't too tempted to go out like that.
Someone then should tell him he should go out finally winning back to back les, to make it a Jordan-even 6.
What sucks about the Rodeo road trip is Sean eliot isn't going, so my wife and I will have a while before we can make fun of all his "Undress that big man" comments.
GO SPURS
I agree.
I'm feeling 7-2..
Portland W
LA Lakers L
Sacramento W
Detroit W
Toronto W
Philadelphia W
Washington W
New Jersey W
Chicago L
Maybe I'm just paranoid because I am enjoying the year so much so far.
Does anyone else feel a big "bringing down to earth" is coming?
4-5 is what I feel not what I want.
5 losses..
You got us losing to Philly and Jersey or something??
6-3, probably lose a game that they shouldn't but that's why it's called a road trip.
Im hoping 7-2 too
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers L
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento W
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago L
9-0 hands down
Hit the link for the whole thing, with more quotes.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...deo-road-trip/Spurs have enjoyed strong success on the Rodeo Road Trip
Tim Griffin
...San Antonio has a combined record of 44-20 in their eight previous road trips for a winning percentage of .688. In the other road regular-season road games of those seasons, the Spurs are 151-111 for a winning percentage of .576.
...But Popovich discounted the trip as a “bonding experience” for his team over the years.
“That’s not true. That’s maybe what you read. There may have been more articles written one year about our bonding, but that’s not what we talked about,” Popovich said. “Maybe no one asked me about defense, but they asked me about bonding, so I answered a bonding question, so you think we’re only bonding and making it mutually exclusive from defense, which would be an incorrect assumption.”
...In the eight previous seasons, the Spurs have never lost more than two consecutive games on a Rodeo Road Trip. Their worst stretch came in 2007, when they lost four of five games before rebounding to go 4-4.
The Spurs had a 4-4 record last season, matching their previous low for wins set with a 4-4 trip in 2007.
This trip looks a little bit more manageable than previous Rodeo Road Trips. The toughest games will be the second one against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night and the final game of the RRT against Chicago on Feb. 17.
I’ll predict they will lose those two games and another one sometime during the trip. A record of 6-3 sounds about right to me for these upcoming games.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-road-trippin/Rodeo Road Trippin’: Nine games, 17 nights
Jeff McDonald
For the ninth consecutive season, the Spurs have been chased from the AT&T Center to make way for the ridin’ and ropin’ of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Staff writer Jeff McDonald takes a look at what this year’s Rodeo Road Trip entails:
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Spurs forward Tim Duncan stands ready for the team's nine-game Rodeo Road Trip, which carries the NBA's leaders to six different states, the District of Columbia and Ontario. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images; Photo Illustration by Rick Taylor/Express-News)
The Mavs on the RRT.
http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com...the-spurs.htmlRodeo trip likely won't bother the Spurs
Dwain Price
DALLAS _ Under normal cir stances, the Dallas Mavericks probably would be able to make up some ground on the San Antonio Spurs as the latter embarks on a long road trip.
But in this case, the Mavs are not counting on that luxury.
The Spurs leave today for a nine-game, 18-day road trip while the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo occupies the AT&T Center. The trip covers 8,230 miles and three different time zones.
With the Mavs (31-16) 8 1/2 games behind the Spurs (40-7) in the Southwest Division, Dallas could look at this as an opportunity to make up some much-needed ground on the Spurs. But since the Spurs -- this is their ninth year doing the rodeo trip -- have never had a losing record on the rodeo trip and have never lost back-to-back games on the rodeo trip, the Mavs are looking at the rodeo trip as business as usual for San Antonio.
"I think they’re playing extremely well, so it doesn’t matter if they’re going on a rodeo trip or if they had nine at home,'' point guard Jason Kidd said. "They’re playing well at home and on the road, so for us we can't worry about San Antonio or anybody else.''
After shoot around this morning, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle shrugeed his shoulders when asked about the Spurs' rodeo trip. Then he said: "Just looking at us.''
The Spurs have the league's best home record (25-2) and best road record (15-5). They also are 27-4 against the Western Conference and 15-3 against the East.
San Antonio's road trip includes games against Portland, the LA Lakers, Sacramento, Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, New Jersey and Chicago. Portland, the Lakers and Chicago are the only teams among that group with a winning record, and the Lakers are only 1-5 against the league's power teams.
So, in effect, the rodeo trip could be a blessing in disguise for the Spurs. They are 44-20 since starting the rodeo trips during the 2002-03 season.
By the way, while the Spurs are on the road through Feb. 17, the Mavs play seven on their nine games on the road during that same time frame.
Kidd said: "We've just got to take care of our business and get better and put as much marks in the 'W' column and see what happens at the end.''
I also have this feeling. And I think Pop would actually welcome it in some sort of sadistic way. Por, Sac, LA, Philly, Chi are all possible losses.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/stor...warriors-againSpurs look to be road warriors again
Sean Deveney
Sporting News
The AT&T Center opened in San Antonio in 2003, and for the Spurs, it’s a gorgeous arena that has helped keep the team viable in a relatively small market. But at this time of year, every year, it turns to cow flop.
Yep, that’s right—it’s time for the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which means it’s about time for the Spurs to skedaddle out of town for a spell. They’ve been doing it every year since the AT&T Center opened, and this year, they get a nine-game tour of the NBA spread over 18 days and more than 8,000 miles, starting Tuesday in Portland.
It should be a particularly interesting trip for the team. In past seasons, the Spurs have ho-hummed their way through the opening few months and used the trip to get themselves kicked into gear. Their success rate on the trip is impressive—they’re 44-20 in eight seasons—and it tends to galvanize the team when it comes to playing difficult road games in the playoffs.
“We’ve never been one to say, ‘Hey, we’re on the road, we’ll wait till we get back home to win games,’” Tim Duncan said. “But in this respect, we’ve got so many of them in a row on the road, I think it is all about our focus and trying to get those games, those wins and put them in our pocket and try to become a better team on that trip.”
Hard to imagine this group of Spurs improving all that much. Already, they’re 40-7, with a 15-5 mark on the road, and they hold a 7 1/2-game lead over the Lakers in the Western Conference (and they’re 4.0 games ahead of the Celtics for best overall record). That is not an insurmountable lead just yet, but it certainly gives the Spurs plenty of cushion for the stretch run.
It helps, too, that, after Portland, they play the Lakers, and they close in Chicago, but in between, they play six teams—Sacramento, Detroit, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington, New Jersey—with losing records.
If there is one area that the team is looking to shore up on the trip, it’s the defense. The Spurs have opened up their tempo this year and are scoring far more points than usual (104.4 a game, fifth in the league), but coach Gregg Popovich has harped on the Spurs for playing substandard defense. Even that has gotten steadily better—the Spurs have given up fewer points per game in each consecutive month, starting with 104.0 in October, 98.1 in November, 95.9 in December and 95.7 in January.
“It’s goal No. 1 all the time and we’ve been a little lacking on it,” Duncan said. “We’ve been winning and that’s been great, but it comes down to the end of the season and the playoffs, we want to be the best defensively as possible. That’s our best chance to win games in those situations. We have to keep working on that and we will, obviously Pop is not going to let up on that.”
When they hose down the AT&T Center and welcome the NBA back to San Antonio on Feb. 23, the Spurs figure to still be the best team in the Western Conference, and probably the league. If they meet their goal of tightening up the defense on this trip, that could mean trouble a-brewing for the rest of the league.
7-2 or 6-3 sounds about right.
I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the Spurs will have at least one bad night on the road trip against a terrible team. I pick the Kings.
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers W
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento W
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago L
8-1
Hit the link for the rest of it, more pics, and video.
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2011/...p-goes-rawhideThe Spurs' Rodeo Road Trip Goes Rawhide
by jollyrogerwilco
Pounding the Rock
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As the Spurs prepare to leave San Antonio for the annual Rodeo Road Trip, Manu and Tony look to the horizon, trying to determine when the first Tarp might appear to rustle wins from the "Drive for Five". Pop contemplates the local General Store, wondering if the proprietors stock his favorite Malbec and if he can stow it in the caboose, out of sight of the boys. Timmeh naps in the sleeping car, dreaming of when he might yet again pit his prodigious card sharp skills against Mark "Maverick" Cuban.
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Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago
Games Spurs will lose in BOLD
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers W
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento L
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago W
8-1
I know we're undoubtedly going to get the Lakers' A game, they're destined to prove that they can beat a good team during the regular season, regardless of PJ's smug remarks that "it's only the regular season." Even so, I think we pull it out at Staples. If the Bucks and Kings can do it, the Spurs sure as can.
I'm actually pretty convinced the Kings game will be the one L of the RRT. Why? The Spurs are likely going to be spent from the inevitable dogfight against LA, Cousins has been beasting lately, Beno will bring his A game, and the Kings have recently earned some solid wins vs. the Lakers and Hornets.
I notice the Bulls game is one most of ya'll are predicting as an L. Why is that? Sure, the Bulls are great this year, but there will be a nice couple of rest days between the Jersey and Chi-Town games. No reason we couldn't get a W!
Tuesday, Feb 1st @ Portland W
Thursday, Feb 3rd @ LA Lakers W
Friday, Feb 4th @ Sacramento L
Tuesday, Feb 8th @ Detroit W
Wednesday, Feb 9th @ Toronto W
Friday, Feb 11th @ Philadelphia W
Saturday, Feb 12th @ Washington W
Monday, Feb 14th @ New Jersey W
Thursday, Feb 17th @ Chicago L
I said in the preview that I felt Chicago would be the only loss...but I can't shake my gut feeling about a loss to Sacramento. The LA and Philly games will both be close...but I think they pull it out.
8-1
the loss coming from toronto
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